Thomas H. O達rien is the retired chairman of The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., one of the largest diversified financial services companies in the United States. O達rien was elected president and chief executive officer in 1985 and named chairman in 1988. Mr. O達rien was appointed to PNC痴 board of directors in 1983. Before heading the holding company, he was chairman and chief executive officer of PNC痴 Pittsburgh National Bank.
Mr. O達rien joined Pittsburgh National in 1962, was elected vice president in 1967, senior vice president in 1973, executive vice president in 1980 and vice chairman of the bank in 1983. He retired as chief executive officer of PNC in May 2000 and chairman of the board in May 2001. He remains on the board.
Mr. O達rien serves on the board of directors of BlackRock, Inc., Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs Co., and Verizon Communications, Inc.
Active in the economic progress of the Pittsburgh region, Mr. O達rien is former chairman and member of the Executive Committee of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.
He is chairman of the Extra Mile Education Foundation and chairman of the Strategic Investment Fund as well as being a board member of the Pittsburgh Opera and the University of Pittsburgh, where he serves as Chairman of the Investment Committee and a member of the Executive Committee.
Mr. O達rien is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor of science degree in commerce. He earned his master痴 in business administration from Harvard in 1962.